Gholdengo counters

Gen 9 CAP · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Gholdengo
#1000 Gholdengo
SteelGhost
USAGE 8.3% #22
BASE STATS
HP 87
ATK 60
DEF 95
SPA 133
SPD 91
SPE 84
BST550
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
FireGroundGhostDark
½×
GrassIceFlyingPsychicRockDragonSteelFairy
¼×
Bug
0×
NormalFightingPoison
Moves
Make It Rain 94.0% Shadow Ball 88.1% Nasty Plot 82.8% Recover 67.2% Focus Blast 31.1% Trick 11.1% Thunder Wave 7.1% Hex 5.9%
Items
Air Balloon 43.6% Covert Cloak 22.5% Choice Scarf 10.4% Leftovers 7.8% Metal Coat 6.1% Eject Pack 4.8% Grassy Seed 1.9% Heavy-Duty Boots 1.7%
Tera Types
Fairy 54.5% Fighting 14.2% Water 10.9% Steel 9.2% Ghost 5.3% Flying 5.3% Electric 0.6% Dark 0.0%
Common Teammates
Ogerpon-Wellspring34.3%Great Tusk27.4%Zamazenta23.0%Iron Moth22.6%Dragonite20.5%Miasmaw20.3%Arghonaut20.1%Hemogoblin18.2%
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Ranked #22 with 8.25% usage. Sorted by reliability score.